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MONUMENT NO. 78193

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Bronze Age bowl barrow surviving as an earthwork.

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[SJ 9400 7883] Nab Head round barrow (2). Central mound
40' diameter, much damaged by centre-robbing and stone quarry.
An outer circular ditch 90' diameter, about 1' visible depth.
Information from C. Rudd who has detailed drawings (1.) (1-2)

A disturbed round barrow Diam 17.0m. ht 1.0m. There is no trace of
a ditch.
Surveyed at 1/2,500. (3)

Tumulus 1.5m high with a saucer shaped depression 0.5m deep probably
caused by cattle. A trig. pillar has been erected in the centre
of the mound. (4)

SJ 9400 7883. Nab Head bowl barrow. Scheduled RSM No 22573.
An oval mound of earth and stones up to 1.8m high with maximum
dimensions of 19m by 17m. At its centre is a hollow 4m across and
0.4m deep within which has been placed an OS column. A shallow
trench leads to this hollow from the barrow's NW side. A shallow
ditch 0.4m wide and 0.2m deep surrounds the barrow on all sides
except the W, where it underlies an old field boundary. A berm
3.5m wide separates the barrow mound and its ditch. (5)

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( 1) Annotated Record Map

Corr 6" (L.J. Vigor 5.9.60 inf. C. Rudd)

( 2) General reference

Rec. 6" (A.L.F. Rivet A.A.O. Inf. A. Saunders MOW 17.1.57)

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 TPW 15-APR-64

( 4) Large Scale / Small Scale Map Revisers Comment

SS Reviser July 1975

(5) General reference

English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 21/10/93

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